In Manchester, ITV's three-part drama Butterfly, starring and exec produced by Anna Friel, is due to wrap in early March.

Details on the key hires attached to these titles can be found on Production Intelligence, the subscriber database with listings for more than 9,000 film and TV projects at various stages of production.

Last week I attended an industry event for The Knowledge which proved an enormous success. There was a real buzz as hundreds of movers and shakers debated, discussed and did deals around drama in its many forms.

Representatives from the children's creative industries in the UK have sent an open letter to the Chancellor urging him to commit to a children's television tax break in tomorrow's Autumn Statement. Hours later their wishes have come true.